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Jana-

thought I'd post here instead of your blog so other's can give their opinions as well.  Regarding tri shorts:  I'm not the most experienced, but I find that other than a few sessions to ensure there's no unnecessary chaffing areas, I use my tri shorts mostly for races.  I use cycling shorts for my training rides because they are more comfortable and I don't want to develop any pressure sores.  I noticed you were going to spend the next month only in tri shorts for your rides, I don't think I could handle that kind of pounding. 

jana0317 - 2008-06-24 7:41 AM Kinaiahi - I may take your advice and only wear the tri shorts on my shorter rides. I have a 40 miler on Saturday and was not looking forward to it. I think I will wear my biking shorts. My race is only 12 miles and I did a trainer ride yesterday a little over 12 miles in the tri shorts and was fine. Thanks for the advice.

Yup, X2.  For me, anything over 3 hours and  it has got to be the bike shorts.  Tri shorts for the shorter rides.

Hello,

 Yes I'm still here....I see others are struggling with MoJO...well I sure don't have any to share. I did race last Saturday and did okay given my mojo was even low that day. However the week before the race and into this week have been really weak in terms of workouts.

 However....I'm going to change today...who's with me.....??? I am biking with a friend tomorrow morning. Baseball season is over this week so I will have more free time in the week to bike and get out for short runs.

 Anyone racing this weekend..there is a race an hour away,  but my daughter turns 6 on Saturday so I am going to stay home for her.

 ctnord

Muscle Mama- don't give up yet! I sent you an inspire! What about doing Sprints....many people train on 4 days a week!

 You know if I remember correctly many of us have the same goal of balancing family and workouts! Any secrets here. My best solution for this has been my trainer and spinerval dvd's. Like this AM...it was thundering and storming at 5:15 so I did my bike inside. I like the spinervals they keep me focused.

I think I may be back in the game! However, my husband and I decided we wouldn't travel for any more tri's so I may not be doing one til September now. It's in my hometown, but it is my A race...I won last year so pressure is on. It's just too expensive to travel (gas), bring the family. I am thinking about finding some road races to keep me going. There seems to be more of them that I can goto on a Saturday AM.

 anyone have extra MoJO...we could use a pep talk!

Musclemomma,

 I have  a friend who was having trouble getting in train time with the kids since summer has hit, so he jusy had them join in.  This saturday his 7 year old is doing a kids tri and he is doing the sprint distance right after it.  Maybe you and the kids could all train together.  I found a kids race in Potland, CT for only $25 in about three weeks. The distances for your kids would be7-10 years) 50yd swim, 2 mile bike, 1/2 mile run. Here is the link to the site, maybe it could be a family bonding thing and keep you in the groove as well.

 http://midymca.org

P.S.  I found another in September too.

Great idea on kids triathlon. We've actually had a few tri's with kids tri's too. However...the swim is pretty young. One of the tri's was a 100yard and I think the other one was 150! So I'm hoping my 8 year old will be closer to do one of these next doors.

 Jana - great idea on the trainer outside. My kids are older and play in the front yard most of the time. I could do it the front, but I think my neighbors already think I'm odd for always being out running or biking.

I just got done with a 46 mile ride....I was done by 9:15AM! It's perfect plus the last 1/2 hour was horrible wind so glad to be home!

Have a great weekend!

t

Wow...I got my MOJO back...where the heck is everyone?

I did 7.15 miles today and am ready to get biking in July. We have a big ride across Iowa called Ragbrai that a ton of people do in the area so everyone wants to ride which is nice because I don't like going by myself.

Glad to hear your MOJO is flowing again.

 I got in a 4 mile run this afternoon and since we had a cooler day today, only 96, it wasn't to bad. The run is where I need a lot of work (partly cause I hate it) so I have to get as much in as I can. 

Let's here from everybody and pump this group back up for July!!!

Hey there all..

Carla way to go on the 1000m....that is a big milestone! I may do a race that is a 1000m swim...I need to ensure I can still do a 1o00m. I've been slacking on swimming because I was thinking I only had short sprints coming up (300-400 m)

MuscleMomma - I saw of your other post out there...how are you doing?

Anyone taking off time this week or next for July 4th? I am taking off starting this Friday for over a week. I might take off Thursday too. Yahoo...training time! However, I need to work at a local bike ride my club is sponsoring around the county I live in.

Hey everyone!  I'm still sick w/ a cold, but I had fun a my race yesterday.  I didn't know how I'd feel racing on Dayquil, but thing's went well.  I beat my 2008 goal of a sub 4:15 marathon and got a PR.  I felt very comfortable during the race.  Despite not doing any specific marathon training it was the best I've ever felt during a marathon.  I would definitely recommend cross training to increase cardio fitness.  My longest run in 3 months was only 14 miles, but w/ all the long bike rides, swims and bricks, my body felt really good.  So keep it up guys, it all pays off!  Let's get more PR's for everyone this year!

Carla-

Sorry to hear about your dog.  I hope he's feeling better.

Gat-

How was the HIM?

Where's Gat?  Anyone seen Gat?  OHHHHH GGGAAAAATTTT....you out there?  We are all dying to know how your HIM went!

My race was good and bad.  The good.  I was able to toe the line healthy.  Several of my friends had to bail due to injuries.  I had a pretty good swim for me.  It was my fatest time in any of my 70.3 races.  I wish I would have pushed harder.  I swam comfortably throughout.  The bad.  It was really windy on the bike and the day was rather humid.  This is not good for me.  I thought I had gotten stronger on the bike, but I still seemed to get passed a lot.  It is kind of humbling.  I worked hard though always remembering that I still had to run and that I would catch some folks on the run.  The good.  I got off the bike feeling pretty good, excepting a sore lower back.  I began running, found my legs right off and started clicking off the first couple of miles.  I was passing people and that made me want to run harder.  The bad.  The heat, humidity and long day started to catch up with me not far into the race.  I was forced to slow down and walk the aid stations.  The really bad.  The last 1/3 of the run, I was suffering quite a bit.  I just did what I had to do at that point to finish, which I did.  I have completed Tupper 4 times.  This was not my fatest time, nor was it my slowest. 

The good...I was smiling shortly after finishing the race.  I drove home and had a great night with my family talking about the race.  And, I am not all that beaten up.  The bad...I thought I was in better shape.  It must have been the heat and the wind.  Yeah, that's my story. 

Kinaiahi,

Nice job with the marathon.  I would agree with you that all of the cross training definitely pays off.  Anything that you can do to increase your cario without the beating that running puts on your body is a benefit.  However, I would also argue that if you want to run a faster marathon, you need to focus more on running.  Last year, I ran the Boston marathon and so most of my training was run focused.  My fastest marathon time dropped to 4:05, which is pretty good for me, from the prior year of 4:22.  However, my tri times suffered, specifically the bike.  This year I tried to focus more of my training on the bike and it seems that my marathon times suffered a bit.  Then again, I am still weak on the bike, so what do I know???  I guess my point is this.  If your longest run was only 14 miles, you will be able to significantly improve your marathon time with a few longer runs and more run frequency.  Also, stating the obvious, who knows what effect your illness had on your time.  Sometimes I perform better when I am not feeling well, but not always.

Great effort!!!